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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 04:27 PM
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Iran 'has proof' of British role in bombings
Iran said it has proof that Britain was involved in a double bomb attack last week that killed six people and injured more than 100 in the restive southwestern city of Ahvaz. The British embassy in Tehran immediately rejected the allegations, which came amid mounting tensions between Tehran and London over suspected Iranian meddling in Iraq and the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.

"Information obtained by the concerned organs show that Britain is the main accused in the recent events," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told state television. "The information shows that Britain is seeking to create insecurity in our country by interfering in our internal affairs," he added, warning that the consequences "could be worrying for the British."

Britain said the allegations were baseless. "We reiterate our total rejection of these accusations as well as our condemnation of these terrorist attacks," a senior british diplomat told AFP. "We have made it clear to the Iranian authorities that the British government and British forces in Iraq stand ready to assist in preventing attacks of this kind." The bomb attacks Saturday killed six people and injured more than 100 in Ahvaz, the capital of the oil-rich Khuzestan province, and on Tuesday police said they had defused a large bomb planted under a bridge in the city.

Several Iranian officials, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have already said that Britain was a suspect -- but had generally stopped short of claiming they possessed evidence directly implicating Britain. Ahvaz, dominated by ethnic minority Arabs, has been hit by a wave of unrest this year, including riots in April and a series of car bombings prior to Iran's presidential election in June. After these incidents, the finger was also pointed at Britain, which has troops based just across the border in Iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051020/wl_uk_afp/iranunrestbritain_051020175532
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 05:01 PM
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1. . . . connect the dots to the Basra SAS incident, , , ,
In my opinion Iran is telling the truth and the British SAS is up to illegal war crimes in Iran in support of the next phase of the vile shithead neoclown imperial folly.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 12:19 PM
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3. my thoughts exactly...could this be connected to the Basra incident
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Igel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 06:57 PM
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2. Ah, well then, I'm convinced.
They've consulted their organs--put their little heads together have they, and come to a conclusion?
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 03:45 PM
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4. It's fair for Iran to "suspect" the British role in the bombings.
--suspected Iranian meddling in Iraq and the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.--

The UK is just as complicit in this clusterfuck known as Iraq.
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 04:12 PM
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5. Yep.
Edited on Fri Oct-21-05 04:13 PM by Brundle_Fly
Syria is being put in check, and they are readying for the flowery welcome as they get ready to storm Tehran.

This is what we call the spread of democracy. Taking over oil rich nations and securing energy for the US for the next 25-50 years, how lame.

After having failed so miserably in Iraq, you;d think they'd change the game plan, but alas the chicken hawks don't have a fall back, so it's as it always has been, All or Nothing.

Get ready for some new internal attacks, and more human rights removals.

This is why Bush isn't afraid of indictments. The big distractions coming.


I can't believe this is America.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 04:16 PM
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6. Is Iran any less credible than the U.S. or British gov'ts at this point?
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cantstandbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 07:27 PM
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7. They should take it to the UN and ask for sanctions. n/t
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